South Korea’s presidential office: Martial law order was legal

reported by Mehr News Citing the Guardian, the office of South Korean President Yoon Suk-yol announced that the martial law decree issued yesterday evening (Tuesday) was justified and within the framework of the constitution.

Yoon Seok-yul’s office has also denied that the forces appointed to implement the martial law order interfered with lawmakers and prevented them from entering the South Korean parliament!

South Korea’s president yesterday ordered the establishment of emergency martial law, accusing the country’s opposition of “anti-government activities”. Hours later, 190 legislators who were able to access the building of the National Assembly of this country, unanimously voted to abolish martial law.

However, South Korea’s military announced that martial law would remain in place until the president orders. Lee Jae-myung, the leader of the Democratic Party, which is considered the main opposition party in South Korea, called the martial law order “unconstitutional” and asked the army and police to return to their normal activities.

Unrest and chaos erupted in South Korea after the Democratic Party last week rejected the South Korean president’s 2025 budget bill and called for an investigation into several allegations of corruption linked to his wife. Yoon Suk Yul and some senior government officials of this country.